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How to locate the last logged-on user for a managed computer

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Overview

Patch Manager does not collect the last logged-on user for managed computers by default. This article describes how to create an Inventory Configuration Template to pull this information from the Registry on the managed computer.

Environment

All Patch Manager versions

Resolution

Use the following Registry keys and string values in your Inventory Configuration Template.

For managed computers running an operating system prior to Microsoft® Windows® Vista or Windows Server® 2008:

Creating this new Inventory Configuration Template does not alter any existing scheduled Inventory tasks. To add this information to your scheduled Inventory tasks, replace those tasks with new ones using your new template.